Peter Goldsbury opened my eyes to some of the complexity relative to this statement in his response to a post of mine on e-budo some years ago. I'm sure if you search on my name and that phrase, it will come up. If I get the opportunity, I will look it up.

Best,
Ron (highly recommended reading, its not as simple as I thought)

Ron Tisdale
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"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind."
St. Bonaventure (ca. 1221-1274)